Turbo C++ 3.0 bugs

Jim Leonard trixter at oldskool.org
Wed Dec 14 16:07:35 CST 2005


Teo Zenios wrote:
> So what is the best C++ for DOS and for Windows 3.1 platforms? I am thinking
> about picking something up for use on my 386/40.

For a 386/40, I'd say Watcom.  Watcom performs some optimizations I'm too lazy 
to do myself, such as warming the cache and using floating point registers in 
interesting ways.

Of course, it completely depends on your target requirements.  If you're 
developing for an IBM PCjr like Mike Brutman is, you might want a compiler that 
favors size over speed, or at least has that as a compiler option.  If 
portability with the OSS community is paramount, stick with gcc.  If you want a 
fancy IDE and symbolic debugger, go with Borland C and/or Turbo C.  So, like 
most answers, "it depends."
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